{"id":1197,"date":"2024-11-08T17:23:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T09:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/layout-04\/?page_id=1197"},"modified":"2026-03-09T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:51:10","slug":"abbc-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/abbc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Rajinder Singh<\/a><\/td>Director of Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre<\/td>rajinder@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4573 \/ +603-8925 5926<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Zulkifli Yaakub<\/a><\/td>Head of Breeding & Tissue Culture Unit<\/td>zulkifly@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+607-789 1546<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Leslie Low Eng Ti<\/a><\/td>Head of Bioinformatics Unit<\/td>lowengti@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4504<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Chan Pek Lan<\/a><\/td>Head of Genomics Unit<\/td>chanpl@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4499<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Abdul Masani Mat Yunus<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Transgenic Technology<\/td>masani@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4886<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Benjamin Lau Yii Chung<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Proteomics & Metabolomics<\/td>benjamin@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4236<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Jayanthi Nagappan<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Computational Biology<\/td>jayanthi@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4963 \/ 4951<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Rozana Rosli<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Bioinformatics Resource<\/td>lizana@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4966<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Marhalil Marjuni<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Breeding and Genetics<\/td>marhalil@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+607-789 1546<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Ooi Siew Eng<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Epigenetics<\/td>oseng@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4491<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Siti Rahmah Abdul Rahman<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Clonal Propagation<\/td>sitirahmah.ar@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8926 4507<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Zubaidah Ramli<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Gene Function<\/td>bai@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4508<\/td> <\/tr>\n
Dr. Noorhariza Mohd Zaki<\/a><\/td>Group Leader, Karyobiology<\/td>hariza@mpob.gov.my<\/td>+603-8769 4956<\/td> <\/tr>\n
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To advance biotechnological research and data interpretation by developing cutting-edge bioinformatic tools, training, and support, with a focus on automating data workflows, building genomic databases, and creating centralized resources for analysis and training.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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To innovate genetically modified oil palm and high-value products through research in gene function and transgenic technology, focusing on gene isolation, promoter testing, disease solutions, transformation systems, and oil quality enhancement.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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To leverage genomic technologies to understand oil palm genome structure and enhance sustainable production, with a focus on developing diagnostic tools, molecular markers, and high-throughput platforms to improve breeding and tissue culture efficiency.\n\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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To continuously improve and produce elite oil palm planting materials through advanced breeding, clonal propagation, and molecular tools, supported by strategic research in genetics, tissue culture, and trait enhancement.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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ABBC The Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre was officially established as a division on 1st July 2011 following the upgrading of the Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre from a Unit to a Division. The ABBC Division undertakes research activities, which are implemented by five Units: Breeding and Tissue Culture, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Functional Biotechnology and Metabolics. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1197","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":437,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41711,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1197\/revisions\/41711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}